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by SassyBird
755 days ago
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What you’re describing is already possible with email as it is, using the In-Reply-To header or whatever its name was. No need for cryptographic signatures. The only issue is that common mail clients still automatically quote the whole message being replied to for no good reason. It should work like it used to on phpbb forums: no quote by default, quote selected part if text is selected. |
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Here is a good reason: In-Reply-To is a reference, not content. The recipient(s) of your message might not have that email.
Also including the quote is a default. The sender can edit it, splice responses into it and remove irrelevant parts of it. Admittedly quoting norms are in shambles though for various reasons.